This is the biggest challenge for us emotionally. The team today traveling was much more somber than they were last year. This feels much more hurtful than in past years. |
This one will linger because it's a home game. |
This will be a monumental feat to get them and to get me back up. This is really hard. It will take a lot to pick them up psychologically. |
To me, it's about the kids and how tough they've been. It's really not about sticking our chests out. We're one of the best teams in the country and the best story in college basketball. |
Unquestionably, ... people have responded to us. |
We crumbled a little bit mentally more than anything else. We've got to find out the reasons and work on them. |
We crumbled again. Our maturity level in the second half has to be questioned. It's very disappointing. We showed toughness in the first half, but none in the first 12 minutes of the second half. It should not happen. |
We crumbled. I am very disappointed because of our toughness. We showed it in the first half, but not in the first 12 minutes of the second half. We ran around like little boys. |
We don't create a lot of easy shots. We have to look at offensive patterns, and that's going to take some time. You have to work on them, you have to work on them, you have to work on them. I don't know if you can make their skills better during the season. But you can work on their understanding of the game. |
We knew when they came back it would be with a vengeance and we weren't ready for it. |
We let Robinson, who I think is having a wonderful, wonderful year and who I think is the most improved player in the Atlantic 10, loose in the first half. That was the only defensive slipup we had. |
We were more skillful the last 30 minutes of the game than we were the first 10. Unfortunately all 40 minutes count. I don't think the score is really indicative of the spread. They kind of dominated the game. |
We're clearly playing our best basketball now. We were 11th in the A-10 after the Temple game (Feb. 14), and this is a tribute to our four seniors. They knew we were better than our record showed. |
We're just older than them. We start three seniors. They start two freshmen and a sophomore (Luke) Meyer who hasn't played much basketball for them. |
We're picking up the pieces and moving forward. We're constantly reminding ourselves that there's still a half-year of basketball to play. |